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Monthly Archives: October 2017
See “something Edmonton never gets to see” this week: Bibish de Kinshasa at L’UniThéâtre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, Edmonton, your theatre week is full of intriguing shows that “Edmonton never gets to see,” as L’UniThéâtre’s Brian Dooley puts it. *Starting Wednesday, L’UniThéâtre, our hospitable francophone theatre, is hosting a cabaret/play like no other. … Continue reading
It’s the small stuff that counts: The Aliens, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When stubbing out a cigarette or trying to bring on a sneeze count as flurries of activity, you’re in the brave theatrical world of Annie Baker. Kicking over a plastic chair? Downright revolutionary. The fallback term … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Baker, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, What It Is Productions
Igniting connections: a review of Ubuntu at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A son dreams nightly of his father. That’s how it starts. But what sets Ubuntu: The Cape Town Project on its zigzag course through two time periods 30 years apart is an inspired perpetual motion scene, … Continue reading
Catalyst Presents: Onegin, the Vancouver hit rock musical coming our way!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A unusual love story, in which one of our most inventive theatre companies falls, hard, for an inventive show — and makes advances: Catalyst Theatre has fallen in love with Onegin, a much-awarded original … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre, Catalyst Presents, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Maclab Theatre, Onegin, Pushkin, rock musicals, Tchaikovsky
Soul royalty at the Mayfield: a review of Soul Sistas
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Holy smoke! Or as we say in the prairies, Holeeeee! If you haven’t seen the audacious concert show currently running — also dancing, jumping, rocking — at the Mayfield, you’re missing out (as I discovered just … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Aretha Franklin, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, R&B, soul, Tina Turner
A horror show from history: Dead Centre of Town is back to haunt the Fort
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the chilly season when the veil between the present and the past is at its thinnest. And this, my friends, is a haunted place. Catch The Keys Productions is once again leading us on an … Continue reading
Embracing the other: Ubuntu’s cross-cultural journey at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens on the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday wasn’t born, like other plays, in a story, a character, an image. Ubuntu would end up with all of the above, unspooling in dance, movement, music, … Continue reading
The sounds of silence: What It Is brings The Aliens to the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sunday crack of noon on a harsh fall day. Four guys, slightly bleary and hoping coffee will change that, are sitting around talking in a chilly theatre. The director and cast of The Aliens, verbal … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Baker, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, The Aliens, Theatre Network, What It Is Productions
Openers and finales: an exciting weekend to be thankful for theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Thanksgiving, and the perfect moment to consider — in person — the bounty of Edmonton theatre. C’mon, you can’t eat turkey ALL weekend. In the Citadel’s splendidly entertaining, beautifully staged season-opener, we get to go … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
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What dark secrets lurk under the small town idyll? Rapid Fire Walk With Me improvises a mystery series a la David Lynch
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Through the darkness of future past/ the magician longs to see/ one chants out between two worlds/ fire walk with me….“ In the 1992 David Lynch horror film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — a prequel to the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blue Velvet, Chimprov, David Lynch, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Paul Blinov, Rapid Fire Theatre, Twin Peaks, Zeidler Hall
